Richard Deacon Movies

Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates.

Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of...

Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he...

A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of...

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open...

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in...

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...